PDP zones governorship slot to Eket

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Akwa Ibom State has zoned the governorship slot to Eket Senatorial District.

It said such is without prejudice to the right of any other person from other senatorial districts to contest.

The Chairman, Obong Paul Ekpo, declared the party’s stand in a communiqué at the end of a meeting in Uyo.

The party said its decision was in line with Section 7(3) of its 2012 constitution (as amended).

The section, Ekpo said, stipulates adherence to the “policy of the rotation and zoning of party and public elective offices in pursuance of the principle of equity, justice and fairness”.

“This is without prejudice to the right of any other person from other senatorial districts to contest for the governorship seat in 2015.”

The party called on President Goodluck Jonathan to caution some of his aides on their utterances and actions.

The communiqué faulted the role of the Special Adviser to the President on Political Affairs, Ahmed Gulak, in the inauguration of the Southsouth office of Goodluck Support Group (GSG) in the state.

The party called on Gulak to sort out the problems in Adamawa and deliver the state to the President before rushing to safe territories like the Southsouth, where the President requires no campaign.

Ekpo said: “The meeting condemned the ignoble and contemptuous role of Ahmed Gulak, who visited the state recently, disobeyed all known protocols to inaugurate a sectional and unknown support group in favour of our dear President without bothering to visit the state leadership.

“The meeting warns Gulak to desist from further interference in the state as we do not need the assistance of any outsider to campaign here for Mr. President.”